Gary McKraken
ASIN: B012UGYP9I
Publisher: Hiccius Doccius Limited
Pages: 66
Skinned Knees and Elbows: A Nostalgic Look at the Games We Played as Children Growing Up in Simpler TimesA semi-autobiographical retrospective of the childhood games typically played at school in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s. Times much different than today……….As I write this book I find myself fast approaching my fiftieth birthday. With that milestone on the horizon it has made me rather nostalgic about the “old days” as I took my formative steps in to this world during the 1970s and 1980s here in the UK where I live.Life was simpler back then in many ways. There was no internet, no smartphones, no Twitter, no Facebook, no social media, no games consoles. As a child growing up and going to school in the 1970s you made your own fun using your imagination. This applied to the school yard as well as at home. There were all sorts of games we would play at school and/or at home to ...